Two-part roll for roller-bearings.



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' APPLIOATIOII IILED m 1913..

' Patented July 21, 19M.

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CHARLES S. LOGKWOOD, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSBEY, ASSIGNOR TO HYATT ROLLER. BEARING COMPANY, OF HARRISON, NEW J EESEY, A.COB-POE;LATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Specificationof Letters Patent.

TWO-PART ROLL FOR ROLLER BEARINGS.

Patented July 531, fill-l1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, CHARLES S.Loonwoob, a citizen of the United States, residing at 5289 Market street, Newark, count-y of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tworm Rolls fore Roller-Bearings, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

The present invention relates to'a roller-' tapering shape of the rolls tends when'the load is placed upon the bearing to force them toward the larger end of the conical seat on the hub.

To resist such tendency without generating needless friction is the object of the present inrcntion, and this I effect by forming an annular flange upon the larger end of the hub against which a collar upon the larger end of each roll may bear, and journaling the collars upon the rolls so that they may turn independently of the rolls, and thus avoid any rubbing friction, and tendency to displace the rolls, hich would arise if contact with the hub and flangeshould rotate them at different speeds.

Any variation in the rotary motion of the roll-body, and its collar which resists end thrust, tends to advance or retard the larger end of the roll and thus to twist it from its'normal position upon the hub, and produce a frictional contact where the roll touches the hub and where it is in contact substantial bearing upon the flangewhich meets its thrust, so as to resist the tendency to wear; but the liability to rotate the collar at a speed different from the body of the roll is unavoidably produced if the surface of the collar has any material bearingsurface in contact with the flange, as the different parts of such surface would vary in their distance from the center of the hub,

and thus tend to impart different speeds to different portions of the collar, which would thus be twisted upon the hub, and great fric tion result.

here the collar upon the end of the roll is externally of the same diameter as the larger end of theroll, its sur'ucc which bears unon the flange would most of it necessarily be of less diameter than the roll and would tend to be driven at a higher speed than the roll by its contact with the flange. If the collar hemade larger than the end of the roll, and the hub groovedrto clear the periphery of such collar, the bearing-surface of. the collar may be shapedto contact with the flange partly inside and partly outside the line of the conical hub upon which the body of the rolls rotate, and

asubstantial bearingsurface thus be ob tuined. Even with such disposition of the bearing-surface, any friction generated by the flange upon the collar at the outer and inner sides of such linemay not be equal, and no calculation can determine exactly how such bearing-surface should be proportioned, at opposite sides of such line, to maintain inthe collar a speed identical with that of the rolll- All these difliculties are avoided by journaling the collars upon the rolls; they are left free to turn at any speed which may be determined by the resultant of all the forces which act upon them, and any tendency to twist or push the rolls from their normal path upon the hub is Wholly avoided.

The invention is'illustrated in the anneXed drawing, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section, where hatched, at the center of Fig. 2, with the addition of the guide-cage for the rolls, which cage is not shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a view of the bearings taken from the left side of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 to 7 are upon a larger scale thanthe other figures. Fig. 3 is a section of one side of the hub with the roll thereon; Fig. 4L is a longitudinal sec- .tion. of the collar; and Fig. 5 a side elevation ofthe roll to fit the same. Figs. 6 and 7 show alternative constructions with an anti-friction washer between the collar and the roll in Fig. 6 and balls between the col-- lar and .the roll in Fig. 7. Theupper part of the collar and adjacent surface of the roll is in section inFigs. 6 and 7.

a designates the hub provided with conifitted to the rolls in any suitable inannerf Each roll is shown with tapering body it having a journal 2'. projected from its larger end and a collar fitted movably thereto.

The parts are so proportioned that when the body it is in its working position upon the hub-seat Z) the outer end of the collar is in contact with the flanged, and is preferably beveled to fully contact with the flange. The contacting portion of the roll is so proportioned that the middle of its bearin surface is intersected by a line in eXten ed from the conical seat 6, by which construction the bearing-surface of the collar projects about equally inside and outside of such line, where in contact with the flange (Z. The flange d is preferably flat, which necessitates a bevel upon the outer corner-of the hub at an obtuse angle to the bearing-surface of the roll. The bearing-surface upon the flange d necessarily has a greater periphery outside of the line 7; than it has inside of such line is, owing to its greater distance from the center of the hub. Upon the contrary, the bearing-surface upon the collar 7' has its lesser periphery in contact-with the. surface ofthe flange outside of the line, and its greater periphery inside of such line, so that the flange tends to rotate the collar at two different velocities, The resultant of these determines the speed of the collar, which being loose upon the journal is free to turn at any velocity that may be induced by the flange (Z, whether or not its rotations correspond with those of the roll-body h, and any strain to twist the roll-body upon its seat is therefore avoided.

may be' inserted between the collar andthe shoulder h,rshownupon' the'larger end of the'roll in Fig. 5 An anti-friction washer Z-is shown thusjiiiserted in Fig: 6'; and in Fig. 7 is .showna series of-balls Z" inserted in ballraces nv the'opposed faces of the collar and shoulder it. Such anti-friction devices permit thecollar to turn upon the roll with the least possible friction, and thus permit independent movement of the collar and the roll, which is the chief feature of the invention. Any suitable means interposed between the auxiliary collar and the body-portion for reducing the friction may be employed, and the outer side of such auxiliary collar may be shaped in any suitable manner to resist end. thrust by its pressure upon the thrust-resisting flange, as the es sential feature of the invention is the fitting of the auxiliary collar to turn independ ently upon the end of the roll-body. j

Having thus set forth the nature of'the' invention what is claimed herein is: I 1. In a roller bearing containingtapering rolls, the combination, with a hub having a conical seat with an annular groove near the larger end and a flat annular flange next such groove projected outward beyond the line of the conical seat, of a series of rolls having each a tapering body fitted to the conical seat and a journal projected from its larger end toward the flat annular flange with a collar larger than the roll fitted to turn upon each of the said journals and rotated in the said groove, and having its outer corner beveled to form a conical surface bearing upon the said flange partly inside and partly outside the line of the roll-seat.

2. In a roller bearing containing tapering rolls, the combination, with a hub hav-- ing a conical seat with an annular groove near the larger end and a flat annular flange next such groove projected outward beyond the line of'the conical seat, of a series of rolls havingeach a tapering body. fitted to the conical seat and a journal projected from its larger endtoward the flat annular flange with a collar larger than the'roll fitted to turn upon each of the said journals and fotated in the said groove, and having its outer corner beveled and proportioned to conta'ctwith the said flange on a line with the'prolongation of the said conical seat, and bearing upon the said flange partly in-' side and partly outside the line of said seat.

In testimony whereof I have'hereunto set myhand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

CHARLES s. LOGKWOOD.

Witnessses: I l '3 4 H. G. RANsoM,

M; E. JAHN. 

